FEDERAL SMOG LAWS

[iwander_85pt40]

Hi Wallace,

Thanks.

Christina and I are still hoping you'll make it to Quartzsite.

It's going to be quite a party this time. I have a couple of
surprises that I'm working on and hope to spring on everyone.

Phil
'iWander' 85pt40


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wallace Craig
wrote:
>
> Phil; many thanks for getting this information and passing it
along. This seems to be the true word and should dispel much of the
rumor mill.
>
>
> Wallace Craig
> 95 WLWB 42
> Azle, Texas
>
> --- On Thu, 12/11/08, iwander_85pt40 wrote:
>
> From: iwander_85pt40 > Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] FEDERAL SMOG LAWS
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 4:29 PM
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm going to jump in on this issue.
>
> I receive email updates from the California Air Resources Board
> regarding its regulations.
>
> Below are excerpts of the latest Draft Proposed Regulation (dated Dec.
> 11, 2008) update email from the California Air Resources Board:
>
>
<http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/onrdiesel/d...ment_C.pdf>
>
>
> "DRAFT PROPOSED REGULATION TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OF
> DIESEL PARTICULATE MATTER, AND OTHER POLLUTANTS
> FROM IN-USE HEAVY-DUTY DIESEL-FUELED VEHICLES
>
> Adopt new section 2025, in title 13, article 4.5, chapter 1,
> California Code of Regulations (CCR) to read as follows: (Note that
> the entire text of section 2025 set forth below is new language
> proposed to be added to the California Code of Regulations.)
>
> Section 2025. Regulation to Reduce Emissions of Diesel Particulate
> Matter, Oxides of Nitrogen and Other Criteria Pollutants, and
> Greenhouse Gases from In-Use Heavy-Duty Diesel-Fueled Vehicles...
>
> © Exemptions
> This regulation does not apply to:
>
> (11) Motor homes for non-commercial private use...
>
> (d) Definitions
> For purposes of this regulation, the following definitions apply:
>
> (44) "Motorcoach (MC)" is a for hire, on-road motor vehicle having an
> under floor luggage compartment separate from the passenger cabin used
> for conveying passengers, is at least 35 feet in length, and is
> designed for and has seating capacity for 40 or more passengers.
>
> (45) "Motor Carrier" is the same as defined in California Veh. Code
> section 408 for fleets other than those that are comprised entirely of
> schoolbuses, which for the purposes of this regulation, means the
> registered owner, lessee, licensee, school district superintendent, or
> bailee of any schoolbus, who operates or directs the operation of any
> such bus on either a for-hire or not-for-hire basis.
>
> (46) "Motor Home" means a single vehicular unit designed for human
> habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy and built on, or
> permanently attached to, a self-propelled motor vehicle chassis,
> chassis cab, or van, which becomes an integral part of the completed
> vehicle."
>
> The bottom line --
>
> SECTION 2025, ©(11) specifically exempts motor homes.
>
> SECTION 2025, (d)(44) and (45) defines a motorcoach and motor carrier
> that operates a motorcoach.
>
> SECTION 2025, (d)(46) defines a motor home.
>
> As clearly stated, motor homes ARE NOT required under the proposed
> regulations to modify, repower, or install any smog controls.
>
> HOWEVER, if you use your motor home to conduct a business, as defined
> by the California Code, you will probably be covered by the regulations.
>
> I'll be posting a link to the CARB site that lists all the draft
> regulation proposals on the SWBB website.
>
> Phil Corpus
> "iWander" 85PT40
> Left Coast
> http://southwest-bluebirds.org
>
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